Friday 21 July

CONFERENCE PROGRAM - DAY 2
8:30Registration & exhibition open (RMIT University Melbourne City Campus (Storey Hall), Building 16, 342 Swanston Street, Melbourne - Level 5)  
9:00 Welcome  
9:05 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Ms Danielle Wood, Chief Executive Officer, Grattan Institute
The changing world of work: challenges and opportunities for the VET sector
The Australian economy and the world of work is changing. In this presentation, Danielle will get behind the big economic and labour market trends. She will talk about what the VET sector can do to set Australia up for success through training future workers in growth areas like digital, care and the clean economy.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS - DAY 2
 ROOM 2 (LEVEL 7)AUDITORIUM (LEVEL 5) ROOM 1 (LEVEL 7) ‘GREEN BRAIN’ (LEVEL 7)
10:00SKILLSPATHWAYSINDIGENOUSTEACHING & LEARNING
 

Future skills: advancing understanding of skill needs in the Victorian economy


Hiba Molaeb & Simon Parker
Victorian Skills Authority

Longitudinal analysis of student training activity in VET


Michelle Hall & Melinda Lees
NCVER

Deadly health training


Janine Oldfield
Flinders University

TED and TEL at TAFE SA


Marina Borrello
TAFE SA

10:45MORNING TEA
11:15 INTERNATIONALPATHWAYSINDIGENOUSTEACHING & LEARNING
 

International VET students: the COVID-19 recovery


Steve Nerlich
Australian Government Department of Education

Accelerating veteran pathways with VET


Michael Bassham, TAFE SA, Eric Parnis, Veterans SA & Garry Hargreaves, TAFE Queensland

Contextualisation of VET to pathway disadvantaged groups into employment


Hinemoa Priest & Susan Luke
Te Runanganui o Te Ati Awa/Te Pukenga trading as Whitireia and WelTec

Best practice blended learning for disadvantaged VET learners


Melanie Kyle
RMIT University

12:00INTERNATIONALPATHWAYSINDIGENOUSTEACHING & LEARNING
 

Forging dynamic capabilities of training providers for the development of a resilient workforce


Zan Chen
Institute for Adult Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences (Pre-recorded session)

School career development practitioners and the future of VET STEM careers


Melanie Evangelista
RMIT University

Client diversity and educational practitioner pedagogical choices


Rachel Leigh Taylor
NT Government

Harnessing symbiotic relationships between the adult learner, the LMS, and the VET practitioner


Sarah Sabell
The College for Adult Learning

12:45LUNCH
13:45INTERNATIONALDIGITAL TECHNOLOGYACCESS & EQUITYWORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
 

He Hunga Hanga Matou - building people through work-based learning


Greg Durkin
BCITO Pūkenga

The modernisation of building construction: the future of work and training in the 'digital age'


Henry Pook
Holmesglen Institute

VET delivery in regional, rural and remote Australia: barriers and enablers


Tabatha Griffin & Upekha Andrahannadi
NCVER

Skilling for the green transition: reframing the role of Australia's VET system for climate and environmental action


David Longley
Brotherhood of St Laurence

14:30POLICYDIGITAL TECHNOLOGYACCESS & EQUITYWORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
 

Queensland Workforce Strategy 2022-2032: a holistic approach to strengthening Queensland's current and future workforce

Brett Hall
Department of Employment, Small Business and
Training (Qld)

Artificial intelligence ChatGPT in VET education


Olivija Komadina
TAFE Queensland

Impact of stereotyping on the advice given to young women interested in the construction trades


Kylie Taffard
ConCOVE

How can we build a workforce of teacher-qualified VET practitioners for Australian secondary schools?


Karen O'Reilly-Briggs
Boxhill Institute

15:15 CLOSING REMARKS
15:30 CONFERENCE CONCLUDES